Written Answers Tuesday 15 February 2005

Scottish Executive

Employment

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total number of jobs and (b) employment growth rates (i) energy, (ii) water, (iii) manufacturing, (iv) construction, (v) distribution, (vi) hotels, (vii) restaurant, (viii) transport, (ix) communications, (x) banking, (xi) finance, (xii) insurance, (xiii) public administration, (xiv) education and (xv) health sectors in (1) Scotland and (2) Glasgow in each year since 1997.

Mr Jim Wallace: Table 1 reports the total number of employee jobs in the sectors requested in Scotland from 1998 to 2003.

  Table 2 reports the total number of employee jobs in the sectors requested in Glasgow from 1998 to 2003.

  Table 3 reports the annual percentage change in the level of employee jobs in the sectors requested in Scotland from 1998 to 2003.

  Table 4 reports the annual percentage change in the level of employee jobs in the sectors requested in Glasgow from 1998 to 2003.

  The estimates for all the tables are from the annual business inquiry employee analysis (1998-2003), which is produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data are only available from 1998 onwards. The data are for employees only and people who are self employed are not included.

  Table 1: Total Number of Jobs in Scotland, by Specified Industrial Sector, from 1998-03

  

 
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003


Energy
13,300
11,100
9,500
15,100
11,100
11,400


Water#
*
3,600
3,700
#
#
3,300


Manufacturing
326,700
315,000
302,000
285,000
263,400
243,500


Construction
138,500
133,800
130,300
120,100
123,300
120,600


Distribution
465,200
448,800
432,300
405,200
386,700
364,100


Hotels
46,400
43,700
46,900
46,400
46,700
48,000


Restaurants
40,300
40,100
46,600
49,100
52,700
51,500


Transport
79,100
82,500
80,700
89,500
84,200
83,500


Post and telecommunications
35,600
36,500
37,800
39,900
41,600
38,800


Banking
37,100
38,100
44,000
51,100
50,700
59,700


Finance
7,100
6,600
6,700
6,300
9,000
8,300


Insurance 
22,400
23,100
27,000
32,200
28,700
25,300


Public Administration
164,100
145,800
147,200
146,600
143,700
151,800


Education
138,200
163,800
180,300
186,400
193,000
198,700


Health
183,300
176,600
190,000
199,500
205,300
216,300



  Source: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

  Notes:

  *Based on an estimate that is confidential or statistically unreliable.

  #The 2001 and 2002 figures for Water Industry have been removed as they contain a known error in the source data. ONS have been alerted to this.

  Table 2: Total Number of Jobs in Glasgow, by Specified Industrial Sector, from  1998-2003

  

 
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003


Energy
*
*
*
*
*
*


Water
*
*
*
*
*
*


Manufacturing
31,400
31,100
30,000
30,300
27,600
25,700


Construction
18,700
16,300
19,800
17,400
16,900
19,500


Distribution
49,600
50,200
48,800
55,400
59,300
55,600


Hotels
3,500
3,500
3,500
3,000
4,200
3,900


Restaurants
6,700
7,000
9,100
9,100
9,600
8,200


Transport
12,500
13,300
12,400
13,600
13,500
12,900


Post and telecommunications
8,400
9,300
9,500
10,000
10,000
8,200


Banking
8,100
10,000
11,000
12,100
9,500
10,900


Finance
2,500
2,400
1,900
2,000
2,500
2,700


Insurance 
6,700
7,700
8,500
11,400
6,000
5,400


Public Administration
36,400
30,600
31,400
32,800
28,100
32,700


Education
25,900
27,200
31,100
32,600
36,200
36,300


Health
32,200
31,600
31,700
35,400
36,000
38,000



  Source: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

  Note: *Based on an estimate that is confidential or statistically unreliable.

  Table 3: Annual Percentage Change in Level of Employee Jobs in Scotland, by Specified Industrial Sector, from 1998-2003

  

% Change
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003


Energy
-17
-14
58
-27
3


Water#
*
3
#
#
#


Manufacturing
-4
-4
-6
-8
-8


Construction
-3
-3
-8
3
-2


Distribution
-4
-4
-6
-5
-6


Hotels
-6
7
-1
0
3


Restaurants
-1
16
5
7
-2


Transport
4
-2
11
-6
-1


Post and telecommunications
2
4
6
4
-7


Banking
3
15
16
-1
18


Finance
-7
2
-7
44
-7


Insurance 
3
17
19
-11
-12


Public Administration
-11
1
0
-2
6


Education
19
10
3
4
3


Health
-4
8
5
3
5



  Source: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

  Notes:

  *Based on an estimate that is confidential or statistically unreliable.

  #The 2001 and 2002 figures for Water Industry have been removed as they contain a known error in the source data. ONS have been alerted to this.

  Table 4: Annual Percentage Change in Level of Employee Jobs in Glasgow, by Specified Industrial Sector, from 1998-2003

  

% Change
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003


Energy
*
*
*
*
*


Water
*
*
*
*
*


Manufacturing
-1
-4
1
-9
-7


Construction
-13
21
-12
-3
16


Distribution
1
-3
14
7
-6


Hotels
1
0
-12
37
-7


Restaurants
5
29
1
5
-15


Transport
7
-7
10
-1
-5


Post and telecommunications
11
2
5
1
-18


Banking
24
10
10
-22
15


Finance
-6
-19
2
28
7


Insurance 
14
11
35
-47
-10


Public Administration
-16
3
4
-14
17


Education
5
14
5
11
0


Health
-2
0
12
2
6



  Source: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

  Note: *Based on an estimate that is confidential or statistically unreliable.

Enterprise

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what strategy it has to promote the Scottish games animation industry internationally.

Mr Jim Wallace: Scottish Development International and Scottish Enterprise’s Digital Media and Creative Industries Team are actively promoting the games animation industry internationally as part of their overall work for the creative industries sector in Scotland. Support to the sector is provided by a combination of one-to-one support with individual companies; key group activities such as trade missions, and commissioning and sharing market research tailored to companies’ needs. Activity is focused on key markets across the USA, Europe and Asia, in particular France, China, Japan and Korea which have high potential. In addition ITI Techmedia is also further connecting Scotland’s creative industries sector internationally by developing new pre-competitive technologies upon which companies can develop their own products and services for global markets.

Enterprise

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been to date of the Scottish Forest Industries Cluster and what the estimated cost is of the cluster continuing in the future.

Mr Jim Wallace: The Scottish Forest Industries Cluster is a partnership between Scottish Enterprise and the Confederation of Forest Industries Ltd. Details of cost are therefore an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and its partner.

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-88 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, what the value of fines, forfeitures and fixed penalties sent to HM Treasury was in each year since 1999.

Cathy Jamieson: The relevant information from the accounts of the Scottish consolidated fund, on the value of surrendered designated receipts for Justice and the Crown Office, is given in the table.

  The figure of £23,301,000 given in the answer given to question S2W-88, answered on 5 June 2003, for the value of fines, forfeitures and penalties was estimated from the £11,716,000 received by the Crown Office from district courts for fixed fines and penalties and £11,584,000 remitted to the Exchequer by the Scottish Court Service, as these were the most readily available sources of information at the time. The figures extracted from the accounts of the Scottish consolidated fund, as given in the table, are considered to provide a more accurate basis of information relating to the value of fines, forfeitures and fixed penalties sent to HM Treasury over the last 5 years – although it should be noted that the value remitted in a given year does not directly relate to the value of fines imposed in that year – as most fines are paid over a period of time.

  All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.

  Surrendered Designated Receipts, 1999-2000 to 2003-04

  

Year
Value (£000)


1999-2000
13,000


2000-01
14,482


2001-021
27,082


2002-03
20,852


2003-04
31,111



  Source: Accounts of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

  Note: 1. Includes £3.8million which was applicable to 2000-01.

Justice

Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been for the supply of alcohol to underage customers in each of the last five years, broken down by police board area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table.

  Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Sale of Drink to Persons Aged Under 181 by Police Force Area, 1998-02

  

Police Force Area
Number
Year-on-Year Percentage Change


1998
1999
2000
2001
20022
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-20022


Central 
6
3
6
3
5
-50
100
-50
67


Dumfries and Galloway
7
3
-
-
-
-57
-100
-
-


Fife 
5
1
8
2
-
-80
700
-75
-100


Grampian 
12
7
7
3
5
-42
0
-57
67


Lothian and Borders 
19
4
7
10
11
-79
75
43
10


Northern 
4
1
4
2
3
-75
300
-50
50


Strathclyde 
60
22
27
25
16
-63
23
-7
-36


Tayside 
11
17
3
3
4
55
-82
0
33


Scotland
124
58
62
48
44
-53
7
-23
-8



  Notes:

  1. Where main offence.

  2. Figures may be underestimates due to time taken to record details of some court proceedings.

Police

Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many community police officers there are in each police force area.

Cathy Jamieson: Information on deployment of officers is not held centrally. The Scottish Executive holds statistics on overall police officer numbers, but deployment of officers between community, response and other roles is an operational matter for each chief constable.

Prison Service

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many inmates have received support from a clinical psychologist in each prison in each of the last three years.

Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

  The data requested is not available.

Prison Service

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive what resources are allocated to support the children and families of women in prison.

Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

  The Scottish Prison Service supports the children and families of all prisoners in custody by providing:

  Support to the development of visitors and waiting area facilities within prisons e.g. St Margaret’s Family Centre at Cornton Vale.

  Family Contact Development Officers. These SPS staff have specific responsibilities to ensure that the needs of prisoner’s families are taken into account.

  Financial support for low-income families visiting prisons through the Assisted Prison Visits Unit.

  Support to the organisation Families Outside and contributing financially to the Scottish Prisoners’ Families Helpline.

  SPS also works in conjunction with a range of partner organisations that also support prisoners.

Scottish Executive Funding

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much financial assistance has been awarded to the Scottish Library and Information Council in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.

Ms Patricia Ferguson: Scottish Executive grants to the Scottish Library and Information Council are shown in the following table:

  

 
2003-04
2004-05


 
£
£


Core Grant
125,000
175,000


People’s Network Project Officer
35,000
35,000


Development of LA Performance Indicators
-
20,000


Total Grant-in-Aid
160,000
230,000

Scottish Opera

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what its long-term strategy is to ensure the viability of Scottish Opera.

Ms Patricia Ferguson: The future viability of Scottish Opera is dependant upon the implementation of its own business plan. The Executive and the Scottish Arts Council are supporting the company in its implementation of the plan, as well as closely monitoring progress being made towards its realisation. Should the Cultural Commission make any strategic recommendations regarding Scottish Opera, or, indeed, any of the national companies, these will be fully considered by Ministers.

Scottish Water

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce Scottish Water’s investment programme for 2006 to 2014.

Lewis Macdonald: I announced the objectives we wish Scottish Water to address in the next regulatory period in a Statement to the Parliament on the 9 February.

Scottish Water

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provision of appropriate water and sewage infrastructure to service new housing developments is an Executive priority.

Lewis Macdonald: Yes.

Scottish Water

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it consulted housing developers when deciding Scottish Water’s investment programme for 2006 to 2014.

Lewis Macdonald: Yes. In addition, Homes for Scotland, Communities Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were all directly involved in the Q & S 3 process.

Scottish Water

Mrs Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13645 by Lewis Macdonald on 1 February 2005 regarding discussions that the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development had with Scottish Water, what priority Scottish Water will give to the provision of water services in areas facing high demand for housing, rather than general maintenance and improvement.

Lewis Macdonald: In my statement to the Parliament on Wednesday 9 February, I outlined the range of priorities that the Executive would require Scottish Water to address during the next investment period. That statement made clear that the investment proposed would support housing and economic growth across Scotland through investment in new infrastructure capacity. But it also made clear that there are other investment requirements which have a proper and vital place in the programme, and these will include the maintenance and improvement of existing assets.

Sport

Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has approached the organisers of London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games about the possibility of Scotland hosting Olympic mountain biking events if the bid is successful.

Ms Patricia Ferguson: To remain within the city-based bidding rules of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the only events that a London Olympic Games could possibly stage outside London were the sailing and football competitions. Scotland went through the appropriate channels to be considered for inclusion in the London bid to stage an element of both events and was successful in securing Hampden Park as a venue for some of the Olympic football matches. This was included in the London 2012 candidature file submitted to the IOC on 15 November 2004.

  There will also be opportunities for hosting training camps and the staging of other competition events in Scotland in the run-up to the games. The creation of EventScotland to deliver our major events strategy will have a significant role to play in this objective. Through EventScotland and its partners we have, for example, already been successful in attracting the 2007 mountain bike world championship to Fort William which requires a commitment to successfully deliver the 2005 and 2006 mountain bike world cups in the lead up to 2007. The World Championships at Fort William will be the last major mountain bike Cross Country competition before the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and a key event for all riders and their national cycling federations.